brownie

[ brou-nee ]
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noun
  1. (in folklore) a tiny, fanciful, good-natured brown elf who secretly helps at night with household chores.

  2. a small, chewy, cakelike cookie, usually made with chocolate and containing nuts.

  1. Australian. a bread with currants, baked in a camp oven.

  2. Sometimes Brownie . a member of the junior division of the Girl Scouts or the Girl Guides, being a girl in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade and usually between six and eight years old.

Origin of brownie

1
First recorded in 1520–30; brown + -ie; in folkloric sense, originally Scots

synonym study For brownie

1. See fairy.

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British Dictionary definitions for brownie (1 of 2)

brownie

/ (ˈbraʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. (in folklore) an elf said to do helpful work at night, esp household chores

  2. a small square nutty chocolate cake

  1. Australian history a bread made with currants

Origin of brownie

1
C16: diminutive of brown (that is, a small brown man)

British Dictionary definitions for Brownie (2 of 2)

Brownie

/ (ˈbraʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. another name for Brownie Guide

  2. trademark (formerly) a popular make of simple box camera

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